# Orationes 104

Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes, (14)ΡΟΔΙΑΚΟΣ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dio-chrysostomus-soph/orationes/104

καὶ λέγω ταῦτα οὐκ ὀνειδίζων οὐδὲ τῶν προγόνων ὑμᾶς χείρονας ποιῶν· οὐ γὰρ ὅτι μὴ δύνασθε ταὐτὰ πράττειν ἐκείνοις, ἀλλʼ ὅτι καιρὸς οὐκ ἔστι τῶν τοιούτων, ἐν εἰρήνῃ διάγετε. δῆλον γὰρ ὡς κἀκεῖνοι μᾶλλον ἐβούλοντο μὴ κινδυνεύειν, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἐπόνουν, ἵνα καταστῇ ποτε τὰ πράγματα, πλὴν ὅτι γε οὐκ ἴσα ὑμῖν ἀνήλισκον. ἵνα γὰρ τἄλλα ἀφῇ τις, τὸ τῶν νεωρίων, τὸ τῶν ὅπλων, τὸ τῶν μηχανημάτων, ὃ νῦν εἶπον, αὐτὸ δήπου τὸ τῶν τειχῶν οὐκ ἔστιν ὅμοιον, ὡς ἐφʼ ὑμῶν ἐπισκευάζεται. καὶ γὰρ ἂν τὰ τῆς ἐπιμελείας θῇ τις μὴ διαφέρειν, ἀλλά τοι σχολῇ γίγνεται καὶ κατʼ ὀλίγον καὶ ὁπηνίκα τις βούλεται· τότε δὲ οὐκ ἦν αὐτὰ μὴ ἑστάναι. καὶ νῦν μὲν ὑφʼ ὑμῶν δοκιμασθησόμενα οἰκοδομεῖται, τότε δὲ ὑπὸ τῶν πολεμίων.

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Dio Chrysostom, Orationes, ed. Hans Friedrich August von Arnim. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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